Charalampos Sakkas

Mr. Charalampos Sakkas


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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9 November 2022 in Coatings
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CSCharalampos Sakkas
Charalampos Sakkas
JCJean-Marc Cote
Jean-Marc Cote
JGJoseph GAVOILLE
Joseph GAVOILLE
JRJean-Yves Rauch
Jean-Yves Rauch
PCPierre-Henri Cornuault
Pierre-Henri Cornuault
Nicolas MARTINNicolas MARTIN
Nicolas MARTIN
Titanium-boron-nitrogen (Ti-B-N) thin films were deposited by RF reactive magnetron sputtering using a titanium diboride (TiB2) target in an argon + nitrogen mixture. The argon mass flow rate was kept constant, whereas that of nitrogen was pulsed during the deposition. A constant pulsing period of P = 10 s was used, and the introduction time of the nitrogen gas (duty cycle (dc)) was systematically varied from dc = 0 to 100% of the pulsing period. This reactive gas pulsing process allowed the deposition of Ti-B-N thin films with various boron and nitrogen concentrations. Such adjustable concentrations in the films also led to changes in their electronic transport properties. Boron and nitrogen contents exhibited a reverse evolution as a function of the nitrogen duty cycle, which was correlated with the transition from a metallic to semiconducting-like behavior. A percolation model was applied to the electrical conductivity as a function of the nitrogen pulsing parameters, assuming some correlations with the evolution of the Ti-B-N thin film nanostructure.